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 · UL Monroe · pick one to list those games
58% went over. Of the 7 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 14% 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 · UL Monroe · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Week 14
UL -8.5 50.5 9263660 Q4 UL Q4
Late over
37–23
2024 · Week 13
ARST -2.5 51.5 14213549 U ARST Q2 21–28
2024 · Week 12
AUB -25.5 45.5 10244562 Q4 AUB Q3 14–48
2024 · Week 11
TXST -9.5 49.5 14284255 Q4 TXST Q1
Late over
38–17
2024 · Week 10
MRSH -10.5 47.5 14282851 Q4 ULM Q1
Late over
23–28
2024 · Week 9
USA -7.5 45.5 14294963 Q3 USA Q3 17–46
2024 · Week 7
ULM -4.5 41.5 10203159 Q4 ULM Q4 21–38
2024 · Week 6
JMU -16.5 47.5 10272740 U ULM Q1 19–21
2024 · Week 5
TROY -6.5 44.5 691222 U ULM Q1 13–9
2024 · Week 4
TEX -41.5 53.5 21314054 Q4 TEX Q4 3–51
2024 · Week 2
UAB -10.5 55.5 6192838 U ULM Q1 6–32
JKST @ ULM
2024 · Week 1
ULM -4.5 45.5 7213544 U ULM Q1 14–30

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 50% 6
Q2 8% 1
Q3 17% 2
Q4 25% 3
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 80% and covered 80% of 10 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 100% of 10 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
8–101100% 1
11–14367% 2
15–17250% 1
18–21250% 1
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.