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 · Miami · pick one to list those games
75% went over. Of the 9 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 33% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 33% of games.

All 12 games

2024 · Miami · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Postseason
MIA -5.5 61.5 35597383 Q3 ISU Q1
Late cover flip Lead lost
42–41
2024 · Week 14
MIA -12.5 65.5 14356380 Q4 SYR Q2 38–42
2024 · Week 13
MIA -23.5 65.5 17343456 U MIA Q4
Late cover flip
14–42
2024 · Week 11
MIA -9.5 64.5 17243751 U GT Q1 23–28
2024 · Week 10
MIA -19.5 53.5 21386084 Q3 MIA Q4 31–53
2024 · Week 9
MIA -21.5 53.5 7243050 U MIA Q4
Late cover flip
14–36
2024 · Week 8
MIA -4.5 60.5 17416997 Q3 MIA Q2 52–45
2024 · Week 6
MIA -8.5 53.5 14315377 Q4 CAL Q1
Lead lost
39–38
2024 · Week 5
MIA -17.5 55.5 21415172 Q4 VT Q1
Lead lost
34–38
2024 · Week 4
MIA -15.5 63.5 23375165 Q4 MIA Q3
Late over
50–15
FAMU @ MIA
2024 · Week 2
MIA -46.5 55.5 18315565 Q4 MIA Q4
Late cover flip
9–56
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 42% 5
Q2 17% 2
Q3 8% 1
Q4 33% 4
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 58% and covered 75% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 75% and covered 92% 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 over3100% 3
1–33100% 3
4–72100% 2
11–141100% 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.