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 · Florida · pick one to list those games
42% went over. Of the 5 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 60% 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 · Florida · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
FLA -9.5 49.5 361641 U FLA Q3 8–33
2024 · Week 14
FLA -17.5 45.5 7142042 U FLA Q4 31–11
2024 · Week 13
MISS -13.5 57.5 0283441 U FLA Q1 17–24
2024 · Week 12
LSU -2.5 55.5 7202643 U FLA Q1 16–27
2024 · Week 11
TEX -24.5 48.5 14355266 Q3 TEX Q2 17–49
2024 · Week 10
UGA -14.5 52.5 3193354 Q4 FLA Q1
Late over
20–34
2024 · Week 8
UK -2.5 41.5 3405468 Q3 FLA Q1 20–48
2024 · Week 7
TENN -13.5 54.5 33203440 U FLA Q1 17–23
2024 · Week 6
UCF -1.5 60.5 10273037 U FLA Q1 13–24
2024 · Week 3
TA&M -3.5 45.5 10204753 Q3 TA&M Q1 33–20
SAM @ FLA
2024 · Week 2
FLA -38.5 55.5 7143552 U SAM Q1 7–45
2024 · Week 1
MIA -2.5 54.5 10344858 Q4 MIA Q1 41–17

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 80% and covered 90% of 10 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 78% of 9 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
18–21250% 1
22+60% 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.