Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker went back to his roots as an athlete to find another destination game for the Rams.

Friday, CSU and Michigan announced they will play Sept. 3, 2022. It will be played at “The Big House” in Ann Arbor, Mich., a venue that seats more than 107,000 fans (it has held as many as 115,000), making it the largest stadium in the United States. It will be the second meeting between the two schools, the first coming in the 1994 Holiday Bowl.

Colorado State will receive $1.8 million from Michigan for playing the game.

“To get to where we want to go as a program we have to continue to test ourselves against the best programs in the country,” CSU football coach Mike Bobo said in a release. “I have a great deal of respect for the Michigan program, and to have a chance to play in one of the most iconic stadiums in the nation presents a tremendous opportunity for us.”

It will mark the second road trip to a Power Five school for the program that year, with a game scheduled at Washington State on Sept. 17. In recent seasons, Colorado State has played at Alabama twice, as well as Florida and Arkansas. Next year, the team plays at Arkansas, makes trips to Oregon State and Vanderbilt in 2020 and then to Iowa in 2021. The Rams have 18 non-conference games scheduled with Power 5 schools through the next 10 seasons, with games as far out at 2028.

Parker, a three-time All-American swimmer at Michigan who returned in 2003 as an administrator where he oversaw renovations to the stadium, has also had success getting home-and-home contracts signed with P5 schools, including Arizona, Texas Tech and Washington State. With Vanderbilt, it calls for four games, two at each site.

The addition of Michigan in 2022 leaves Parker looking for two home dates in non-conference play, one likely another Group of 5 school, the other an FCS opponent.