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?

12 games · 2024 · Arkansas · pick one to list those games
50% went over. Of the 6 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 50% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 8% of games.

All 12 games

2024 · Arkansas · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
TTU -3.5 52.5 24435365 Q3 ARK Q1 26–39
2024 · Week 14
MIZ -3.5 51.5 7142449 U MIZ Q4 21–28
2024 · Week 13
ARK -23.5 48.5 0142849 Q4 LT Q1
Late over
14–35
2024 · Week 12
TEX -13.5 56.5 7102030 U ARK Q1 20–10
2024 · Week 10
MISS -7.5 54.5 10458094 Q3 MISS Q2 63–31
2024 · Week 9
ARK -7.5 54.5 24416683 Q3 ARK Q1 58–25
2024 · Week 8
LSU -2.5 55.5 10233444 U LSU Q1 34–10
2024 · Week 6
TENN -14.5 57.5 332433 U ARK Q1
Lead lost
14–19
2024 · Week 5
TA&M -7.5 50.5 21282838 U ARK Q1 17–21
2024 · Week 4
AUB -2.5 53.5 072138 U ARK Q1 24–14
2024 · Week 2
OKST -10.5 60.5 1428346270 Q4 ARK Q1
Late over
31–39
UAPB vs ARK
2024 · Week 1
ARK -50.5 60.5 28495670 Q4 ARK Q3 0–70

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 75% 9
Q2 8% 1
Q3 8% 1
Q4 8% 1
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 90% and covered 80% of 10 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 over3100% 3
4–71100% 1
18–211100% 1
22+714% 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.