Get your passports ready, Michigan football fans, the Wolverines are going international. And this time, not just for a vacation.

The Wolverines have not been one of those teams that have played a neutral-site game outside of America, though it has had quite a few throughout the country. According to On3’s Brett McMurphy, that’s about to change.

McMurphy reports that the 2026 season opener against Western Michigan will no longer take place at The Big House and now will be played in Germany.

Michigan and Western Michigan will open the 2026 season on Saturday, Aug. 29, in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, sources told On3.

The game will be held at Deutsche Bank Park, a 55,000-seat retractable roof soccer stadium that has hosted five NFL games.

It’s interesting to see Michigan willing to lose a home game in favor of an international one. Also odd is that it’s against a Group of Five team rather than a more prestigious opponent.

Either way, it will be interesting to see the Wolverines suiting up on foreign soil for the first time — outside of the practices the team had in Rome back in 2017.

This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football vs. WMU in 2026 set to be played in Germany