Why you should plan your fall wedding around UGA football in 2025

Driving the news: Wedding guests are 9% less likely to RSVP in September and October, according to data from Evite — a decline likely due to college football, Olivia Pollock, a party data analyst at the company, tells Axios.

Yes, but: It doesn't have to be this way.

• If you're trying to nail down a 2025 wedding date, here are three key dates to avoid if you want to maintain your friendships with Bulldogs fanatics.

😒 Alabama: TBD

• Listen, if UGA were playing North Southwest South Bend Junior College or another small school, we'd say go for it.

😡 Florida: Nov. 1, 2025

• If you're holding a beach wedding in Jacksonville that weekend, maybe you can win over the superfans. Other than that...

🤬 Georgia Tech: Nov. 29, 2025

• Next year the heated rivalry heads to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first off-campus game since 1913.
• In addition, you're also competing with Thanksgiving holiday weekend vacations and tryptophan hangovers.

What we're watching: Georgia's complete schedule will be announced later this year.

The other side: Despite fall being a busy season for weddings, they aren't slowing down.

• Researchers at the wedding planning platform Joy found that 28% of their weddings took place on a Saturday in September or October.

What they're saying: "You're never going to please everyone," Anne Van Gorp, Joy's resident wedding expert, tells Axios.

• "Don't take it personal if people have their phones out or are stepping out to that hotel lobby bar to watch the game. Just make sure that you, the couple, are happy."