It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season.
The 2017 Orange Bowl featured the Wisconsin Badgers (12–1), champions of the Big Ten Conference West Division, and the Miami Hurricanes (10–2), champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division.
[4][5] The teams playing in the Orange Bowl game were the Miami Hurricanes and the Wisconsin Badgers.
Prior to kickoff, the all-time series between the two teams was tied at 2 games apiece; the most recent meeting being at the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl, where the Badgers defeated the Hurricanes by a score of 20–14.
[6] Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.