Just five years ago, the Miami Hurricanes faced the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Sun Bowl with an interim coach and a new one in waiting. In 2015, the Miami Hurricanes return to El Paso, Texas with similar circumstances to face the Washington State Cougars. Wazzu enters the bowl game for the second time in school history and with their first winning season since 2003. The Sun Bowl selects the 5th team in the PAC 12 rankings at the end of the year and an ACC team between 3rd-6th ranking. The Canes (5-3 ACC) and Wazzu (6-3 PAC 12) produced 8-4 records to finish the season.