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?

13 games · 2024 · Nevada · pick one to list those games
46% went over. Of the 6 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 17% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 15% of games.

All 13 games

2024 · Nevada · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Week 14
UNLV -17.5 54.5 17313852 U UNLV Q3 14–38
2024 · Week 13
NEV -2.5 44.5 0131941 U AFA Q4 22–19
2024 · Week 11
BOIS -23.5 60.5 21283549 U NEV Q1 21–28
2024 · Week 10
CSU -2.5 45.5 14173559 Q4 CSU Q1 38–21
2024 · Week 9
HAW -1.5 41.5 14173147 Q4 HAW Q1 13–34
2024 · Week 8
FRES -2.5 49.5 10384545 U FRES Q3 24–21
2024 · Week 7
ORST -2.5 45.5 14314579 Q4 NEV Q4 37–42
2024 · Week 6
SJSU -7.5 51.5 14425666 Q3 NEV Q1
Lead lost
31–35
EWU @ NEV
2024 · Week 4
NEV -13.5 54.5 14243865 Q4 NEV Q1 16–49
2024 · Week 3
MINN -17.5 44.5 6202727 U MINN Q2 0–27
2024 · Week 2
NEV -1.5 56.5 21313737 U GASO Q2 20–17
2024 · Week 1
TROY -7.5 44.5 7203854 Q4 NEV Q3 28–26
2024 · Week 1
SMU -27.5 55.5 7273753 U NEV Q1
Lead lost
29–24

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 46% 6
Q2 15% 2
Q3 23% 3
Q4 15% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 64% and covered 73% of 11 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 75% and covered 75% 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 over1100% 1
1–31100% 1
4–7250% 1
11–142100% 2
15–17250% 1
18–2130% 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.