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?

9 games · 2023 · Navy · pick one to list those games
44% went over. Of the 4 overs, 25% had cashed by halftime and 25% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 0% of games.

All 9 games

2023 · Navy · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2023 · Week 13
SMU -19.5 46 35667373 Q2 SMU Q1 14–59
2023 · Week 12
NAVY -2.5 30.5 77710 U NAVY Q1 0–10
2023 · Week 11
UAB -2.5 52 10131637 U NAVY Q1 6–31
2023 · Week 10
NAVY -6.5 46.5 10172550 Q4 TEM Q1
Late over
18–32
2023 · Week 8
AFA -11 34 071023 U Push
Late cover flip
17–6
2023 · Week 7
NAVY -3.5 43.5 00714 U NAVY Q3 14–0
2023 · Week 5
NAVY -3.5 54 21435374 Q4 USF Q2 44–30
2023 · Week 3
MEM -12.5 47 21284252 Q4 NAVY Q1 24–28
WAG @ NAVY
2023 · Week 2
NAVY -43.5 49 7171724 U WAG Q1 0–24

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 67% 6
Q2 11% 1
Q3 11% 1
Q4 0% 0
OT 0% 0
Push 11% 1
The team leading at halftime won 100% and covered 71% of 7 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 75% of 8 games

Going into the 4th quarter

Points the game still needed after 3 quarters, and how often it got there
Points neededGamesWent over
Already over1100% 1
1–31100% 1
4–71100% 1
22+617% 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.