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 · Bowling Green · pick one to list those games
42% went over. Of the 5 overs, 20% had cashed by halftime and 40% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 0% of games.

All 12 games

2024 · Bowling Green · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
BGSU -10.5 54.5 24455569 Q3 ARST Q1 38–31
2024 · Week 14
BGSU -3 37.5 7191940 Q4 M-OH Q1
Late over
28–12
2024 · Week 13
BGSU -12.5 54.5 7173551 U BGSU Q3 38–13
2024 · Week 12
BGSU -9.5 56.5 3244444 U BGSU Q2 13–31
2024 · Week 11
BGSU -14.5 47.5 3162336 U CMU Q1
Late cover flip
23–13
2024 · Week 9
TOL -1.5 47.5 21485767 Q2 BGSU Q1 41–26
2024 · Week 8
BGSU -23.5 54.5 13262633 U KENT Q1 6–27
2024 · Week 7
BGSU -3.5 46.5 10131324 U NIU Q2 17–7
2024 · Week 6
BGSU -16.5 48.5 17272747 U AKR Q1 27–20
2024 · Week 5
BGSU -11.5 51.5 21313857 Q4 ODU Q1
Late over
30–27
2024 · Week 2
PSU -35.5 51.5 17445161 Q4 BGSU Q1
Late over
27–34
FOR @ BGSU
2024 · Week 1
BGSU -15.5 60.5 20304458 U BGSU Q1 17–41

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 75% 9
Q2 17% 2
Q3 8% 1
Q4 0% 0
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 83% and covered 67% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 83% and covered 50% of 12 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
1–31100% 1
11–14250% 1
15–1710% 0
18–21250% 1
22+40% 0
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.