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 · Duke · pick one to list those games
58% went over. Of the 7 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 43% 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 · Duke · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
MISS -14.5 50.5 14314572 Q4 MISS Q2 20–52
2024 · Week 14
DUKE -3.5 53.5 0132740 U DUKE Q4
Late cover flip
23–17
2024 · Week 13
VT -2.5 45.5 21384859 Q3 DUKE Q1 28–31
2024 · Week 11
NCSU -3.5 51.5 12213148 U DUKE Q1 29–19
2024 · Week 10
MIA -19.5 53.5 21386084 Q3 MIA Q4 31–53
2024 · Week 9
SMU -11.5 50.5 721344255 OT DUKE Q1
Late over
28–27
2024 · Week 8
DUKE -2.5 41.5 10233339 U DUKE Q1 16–23
2024 · Week 5
UNC -1.5 54.5 10172741 U DUKE Q4 20–21
2024 · Week 4
DUKE -14.5 50.5 38455562 Q3 DUKE Q1 45–17
2024 · Week 3
DUKE -17.5 46.5 7243847 Q4 CONN Q1 21–26
2024 · Week 2
NU -2.5 37.5 1017202646 OT DUKE Q3
Late cover flip Late over Lead lost
26–20
ELON @ DUKE
2024 · Week 1
DUKE -24.5 47.5 3101929 U ELON Q1 3–26

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 25% 3
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 67% and covered 42% of 12 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
8–10250% 1
15–171100% 1
18–21250% 1
22+30% 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.