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?

11 games · 2024 · Kentucky · pick one to list those games
36% went over. Of the 4 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 25% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 9% of games.

All 11 games

2024 · Kentucky · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Week 14
LOU -3.5 48.5 7204155 Q4 LOU Q1 41–14
2024 · Week 13
TEX -18.5 46.5 7313845 U UK Q1 14–31
MUR @ UK
2024 · Week 12
UK -41.5 54.5 14243754 U UK Q4
Late cover flip
6–48
2024 · Week 10
TENN -17.5 45.5 7173146 Q4 UK Q1
Late over
18–28
2024 · Week 9
UK -1.5 42.5 10202734 U AUB Q2 24–10
2024 · Week 8
UK -2.5 41.5 3405468 Q3 FLA Q1 20–48
2024 · Week 7
UK -12.5 43.5 7212433 U VAN Q1 20–13
2024 · Week 5
MISS -15.5 51.5 10173037 U UK Q1
Lead lost
20–17
2024 · Week 4
UK -21.5 41.5 3172747 Q4 UK Q3
Late over
6–41
2024 · Week 3
UGA -21.5 44.5 391525 U UK Q1 13–12
2024 · Week 2
UK -9.5 41.5 7163037 U SC Q1 31–6

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 73% 8
Q2 9% 1
Q3 9% 1
Q4 9% 1
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 80% and covered 90% of 10 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 82% and covered 73% 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 over1100% 1
8–10250% 1
11–1410% 0
15–17367% 2
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.