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 · 2025 · Cincinnati · pick one to list those games
50% went over. Of the 6 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 0% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 17% of games.

All 12 games

2025 · Cincinnati · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
NAVY -7.5 57.5 7212848 U NAVY Q3 35–13
2025 · Week 14
TCU -3 58.5 28485568 Q4 TCU Q1 23–45
2025 · Week 13
BYU -2.5 57.5 7172440 U BYU Q1 26–14
2025 · Week 12
CIN -6.5 56.5 21243754 U ARIZ Q2 30–24
2025 · Week 10
UTAH -9.5 58.5 21315259 Q4 UTAH Q2
Late over
14–45
2025 · Week 9
CIN -3.5 69.5 14303961 U CIN Q1 20–41
2025 · Week 8
CIN -23.5 57.5 10384566 Q4 CIN Q4 49–17
2025 · Week 7
CIN -10.5 55.5 7202031 U UCF Q4
Late cover flip
11–20
2025 · Week 6
CIN -1.5 55.5 17465368 Q4 CIN Q1 30–38
2025 · Week 5
KU -4.5 57.5 14335771 Q4 CIN Q1
Late over
37–34
2025 · Week 2
CIN -21.5 46.5 7244154 Q4 BGSU Q1 20–34
2025 · Week 1
NEB -5.5 50.5 3162337 U CIN Q3 20–17

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 50% 6
Q2 17% 2
Q3 17% 2
Q4 17% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 92% and covered 67% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% 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
1–32100% 2
4–73100% 3
11–141100% 1
18–2110% 0
22+50% 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.