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 · 2025 · LSU · pick one to list those games
31% went over. Of the 4 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 75% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 8% of games.

All 13 games

2025 · LSU · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
HOU -1.5 43.5 21354973 Q3 HOU Q2 35–38
2025 · Week 14
OU -12.5 36.5 362030 U LSU Q1
Lead lost
13–17
2025 · Week 13
LSU -25.5 53.5 3101323 U WKU Q1 10–13
2025 · Week 12
LSU -4.5 58.5 14303845 U ARK Q1 22–23
2025 · Week 11
ALA -10.5 49.5 3202329 U ALA Q2
Late cover flip
9–20
2025 · Week 9
TA&M -1.5 49.5 21325374 Q3 TA&M Q3 49–25
2025 · Week 8
VAN -1.5 48.5 10305255 Q3 VAN Q1 24–31
2025 · Week 7
LSU -8.5 44.5 10172730 U LSU Q4
Late cover flip
10–20
2025 · Week 5
MISS -3.5 58.5 10243043 U MISS Q2 19–24
SELA @ LSU
2025 · Week 4
LSU -48.5 60.5 7354966 Q4 SELA Q1
Late cover flip
10–56
2025 · Week 3
LSU -5.5 47.5 3233030 U LSU Q3 10–20
2025 · Week 2
LSU -36.5 49.5 7101730 U LT Q1 7–23
2025 · Week 1
CLEM -5.5 55.5 3132027 U LSU Q3 17–10

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 46% 6
Q2 23% 3
Q3 23% 3
Q4 8% 1
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 83% and covered 50% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 91% and covered 73% of 11 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
11–141100% 1
15–1710% 0
18–2130% 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.