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 · Wyoming · pick one to list those games
45% went over. Of the 5 overs, 20% had cashed by halftime and 80% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 18% of games.

All 11 games

2024 · Wyoming · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2024 · Week 14
WSU -18.5 55.5 10202329 U WYO Q1
Lead lost
15–14
2024 · Week 13
BOIS -25.5 54.5 10202030 U WYO Q1 17–13
2024 · Week 12
CSU -7.5 46.5 14203434 U CSU Q1 10–24
2024 · Week 10
UNM -7.5 60.5 27708094 Q2 WYO Q4
Lead lost
49–45
2024 · Week 9
USU -1.5 56.5 10273352 U USU Q4 27–25
2024 · Week 8
SJSU -11.5 52.5 7142438 U WYO Q3
Late cover flip
14–24
2024 · Week 7
WYO -1.5 41.5 17313451 Q4 SDSU Q1 27–24
2024 · Week 5
AFA -4.5 33.5 7203450 Q3 WYO Q3 19–31
2024 · Week 4
UNT -7.5 55.5 10445861 Q3 UNT Q2 17–44
IDHO @ WYO
2024 · Week 2
WYO -6.5 39.5 17272730 U IDHO Q1 17–13
2024 · Week 1
ASU -6.5 47.5 17274855 Q3 ASU Q1 7–48

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 55% 6
Q2 9% 1
Q3 18% 2
Q4 18% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 78% and covered 67% of 9 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 78% and covered 67% 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 over4100% 4
8–101100% 1
11–1420% 0
22+40% 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.