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 · NC State · pick one to list those games
54% went over. Of the 7 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 71% 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 · NC State · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
NCSU -3.5 56.5 14383838 U NCSU Q1 7–31
2025 · Week 14
NCSU -7 48.5 14384161 Q4 NCSU Q1 19–42
2025 · Week 13
FSU -6.5 59.5 7101732 U NCSU Q1 11–21
2025 · Week 12
MIA -16.5 54.5 10243448 U MIA Q2 7–41
2025 · Week 10
GT -4.5 58.5 21416884 Q3 NCSU Q1 36–48
2025 · Week 9
PITT -5.5 52.5 17526787 Q3 PITT Q2 34–53
2025 · Week 7
ND -24.5 59.5 7173143 U ND Q4 7–36
CAM @ NCSU
2025 · Week 6
NCSU -41.5 60.5 28566366 Q3 NCSU Q2 10–56
2025 · Week 5
NCSU -10.5 56.5 10203444 U VT Q1 23–21
2025 · Week 4
DUKE -3.5 57.5 14416178 Q3 DUKE Q3 33–45
2025 · Week 3
NCSU -7.5 52.5 28414858 Q4 NCSU Q4 34–24
2025 · Week 2
NCSU -2.5 52.5 21386666 Q3 NCSU Q3 31–35
2025 · Week 1
NCSU -13.5 61.5 3243141 U ECU Q4 17–24

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 38% 5
Q2 23% 3
Q3 15% 2
Q4 23% 3
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 85% and covered 77% of 13 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 92% 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
Already over5100% 5
4–71100% 1
8–101100% 1
18–2120% 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.