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 · Colorado · pick one to list those games
58% went over. Of the 7 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 29% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 25% of games.

All 12 games

2024 · Colorado · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
COLO -2.5 53.5 10203450 U BYU Q1 36–14
2024 · Week 14
COLO -14.5 66.5 21213852 U COLO Q1 0–52
2024 · Week 13
COLO -1.5 59.5 10375158 U KU Q1 21–37
2024 · Week 12
COLO -13.5 43.5 17304473 Q3 COLO Q4
Late cover flip
24–49
2024 · Week 11
COLO -4.5 62.5 13235168 Q4 COLO Q3
Late over
41–27
2024 · Week 9
COLO -6.5 56.5 21384557 Q4 COLO Q1
Late over
23–34
2024 · Week 8
ARIZ -2.5 56.5 21353841 U COLO Q1 34–7
2024 · Week 7
KSU -3.5 54.5 14213859 Q4 COLO Q4
Late over
31–28
2024 · Week 5
UCF -12.5 59.5 21416269 Q3 COLO Q1 48–21
2024 · Week 4
COLO -2.5 54.5 1041486269 Q4 COLO OT
Late cover flip Lead lost
31–38
2024 · Week 3
COLO -7.5 58.5 3172437 U COLO Q2 28–9
2024 · Week 1
COLO -11.5 54.5 24374457 Q4 NDSU Q1
Late over
26–31

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 58% 7
Q2 8% 1
Q3 8% 1
Q4 17% 2
OT 8% 1
The team leading at halftime won 75% and covered 75% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 82% 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
4–71100% 1
8–1010% 0
11–143100% 3
15–171100% 1
18–2120% 0
22+20% 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.