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 · Missouri · pick one to list those games
54% went over. Of the 7 overs, 14% had cashed by halftime and 43% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 23% of games.

All 13 games

2025 · Missouri · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
MIZ -4 43.5 7102020 U UVA Q3 13–7
2025 · Week 14
MIZ -4.5 54.5 14313748 U MIZ Q4 31–17
2025 · Week 13
OU -4.5 42.5 3202323 U OU Q2 6–17
2025 · Week 12
MIZ -7.5 50.5 24315976 Q3 MIZ Q2 27–49
2025 · Week 11
TA&M -6.5 48.5 7143155 Q4 TA&M Q1
Late over
38–17
2025 · Week 9
VAN -3.5 52.5 061327 U VAN Q3
Late cover flip
10–17
2025 · Week 8
MIZ -1.5 43.5 1017243440 U MIZ OT
Late cover flip
23–17
2025 · Week 7
ALA -3.5 50.5 14273751 Q4 MIZ Q3
Late over
27–24
2025 · Week 5
MIZ -44.5 56.5 20274148 U MASS Q1 6–42
2025 · Week 4
MIZ -10.5 48.5 0263849 Q4 SC Q1
Late over
20–29
2025 · Week 3
MIZ -27.5 46.5 14485562 Q2 MIZ Q2 10–52
2025 · Week 2
MIZ -6.5 49.5 27425273 Q3 MIZ Q4
Late cover flip Lead lost
31–42
CARK @ MIZ
2025 · Week 1
MIZ -39.5 53.5 9264067 Q4 MIZ Q3 6–61

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 23% 3
Q2 23% 3
Q3 31% 4
Q4 15% 2
OT 8% 1
The team leading at halftime won 73% and covered 64% of 11 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 85% and covered 77% of 13 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
11–143100% 3
15–1710% 0
18–21425% 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.