When do games go over, and when is the cover settled?

Pick a season and week, then choose when the game went over to see those games. FBS games from the past four seasons with quarter scores and a closing line.

When did they go over?

11 games · 2023 · Miami · pick one to list those games
73% went over. Of the 8 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 25% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 18% of games.

All 11 games

2023 · Miami · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2023 · Postseason
RUTG -2.5 41.5 7243855 Q4 RUTG Q1 31–24
2023 · Week 13
MIA -10 50 14354965 Q4 MIA Q2 45–20
2023 · Week 12
LOU PK 46 28415169 Q3 LOU Q4
Late cover flip
38–31
2023 · Week 11
FSU -14.5 50.5 7203347 U MIA Q1 20–27
2023 · Week 10
MIA -6.5 44 10161626 U NCSU Q1 6–20
2023 · Week 9
MIA -18.5 48 713374655 OT UVA Q1
Late over
26–29
2023 · Week 8
CLEM -6 45 714243448 OT MIA Q4
Late over Lead lost
20–28
2023 · Week 7
UNC -2.5 55.5 7315272 Q4 UNC Q3 31–41
2023 · Week 4
MIA -23 46.5 7314548 Q4 MIA Q3 41–7
BCU @ MIA
2023 · Week 3
MIA -54 63.5 14344155 U BCU Q1 7–48
2023 · Week 2
TA&M -3 49.5 17385781 Q3 MIA Q2 33–48

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 45% 5
Q2 18% 2
Q3 18% 2
Q4 18% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 67% and covered 67% of 9 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 73% and covered 64% of 11 games

Going into the 4th quarter

Points the game still needed after 3 quarters, and how often it got there
Points neededGamesWent over
Already over2100% 2
1–32100% 2
4–72100% 2
11–141100% 1
18–2110% 0
22+333% 1
Quarter scores from ESPN for the past four seasons; closing lines from the ESPN odds feed. Timing is to the quarter: an over that cashed with 10 seconds left in the 3rd counts as Q3. “Settled” means the team covering at the end of that quarter covered the closing spread at the end, with no change in between. Last 5 minutes (4th quarter, plus overtime) compares the score with 5:00 left, from ESPN scoring plays, with the final. History, not a prediction: none of this has shown an edge against the market.