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 · Pittsburgh · pick one to list those games
69% went over. Of the 9 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 11% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 15% of games.

All 13 games

2025 · Pittsburgh · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
PITT -13.5 51.5 0103140 U ECU Q1 17–23
2025 · Week 14
MIA -6.5 48.5 3243845 U MIA Q2 38–7
2025 · Week 13
GT -2.5 61.5 21424970 Q4 PITT Q1
Late over
42–28
2025 · Week 12
ND -12.5 54.5 14243952 U ND Q1 37–15
2025 · Week 10
PITT -13.5 52.5 17344855 Q4 PITT Q3
Late over
35–20
2025 · Week 9
PITT -5.5 52.5 17526787 Q3 PITT Q2 34–53
2025 · Week 8
PITT -8.5 54.5 14242743 U PITT Q2 30–13
2025 · Week 7
FSU -11.5 57.5 14354565 Q4 PITT Q1
Late over
34–31
2025 · Week 6
PITT -6.5 54.5 10314555 Q4 PITT Q1
Late over
7–48
2025 · Week 5
LOU -3.5 52.5 17444761 Q4 LOU Q4 34–27
2025 · Week 3
PITT -6.5 54.5 010284855 OT WVU Q1
Late cover flip Late over Lead lost
24–31
2025 · Week 2
PITT -21.5 48.5 7344862 Q4 PITT Q4
Late cover flip
17–45
DUQ @ PITT
2025 · Week 1
PITT -39.5 58.5 14405470 Q4 PITT Q3 9–61

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 46% 6
Q2 23% 3
Q3 15% 2
Q4 15% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 77% and covered 77% of 13 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 83% and covered 83% 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 over1100% 1
1–31100% 1
4–73100% 3
8–101100% 1
11–14367% 2
15–1710% 0
18–2110% 0
22+250% 1
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.