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 · Texas A&M · pick one to list those games
62% went over. Of the 8 overs, 13% had cashed by halftime and 50% 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 · Texas A&M · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2025 · Postseason
TA&M -3 48.5 00313 U MIA Q1 10–3
2025 · Week 14
TA&M -2.5 54.5 0132344 U TEX Q3 17–27
SAM @ TA&M
2025 · Week 13
TA&M -53.5 58.5 21313848 U SAM Q1 0–48
2025 · Week 12
TA&M -16.5 49.5 20335461 Q3 SC Q1 30–31
2025 · Week 11
TA&M -6.5 48.5 7143155 Q4 TA&M Q1
Late over
38–17
2025 · Week 9
TA&M -1.5 49.5 21325374 Q3 TA&M Q3 49–25
2025 · Week 8
TA&M -8.5 57.5 10416587 Q3 ARK Q4
Late cover flip
45–42
2025 · Week 7
TA&M -6.5 48.5 28354151 Q4 TA&M Q2
Late over
17–34
2025 · Week 6
TA&M -17.5 57.5 3101740 U TA&M Q4 9–31
2025 · Week 5
TA&M -6.5 51.5 7161626 U AUB Q4 10–16
2025 · Week 3
ND -7.5 48.5 21526281 Q2 TA&M Q1 41–40
2025 · Week 2
TA&M -34.5 57.5 16365166 Q4 USU Q1 22–44
2025 · Week 1
TA&M -23.5 59.5 10315266 Q4 UTSA Q1
Late cover flip Late over
24–42

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 54% 7
Q2 8% 1
Q3 15% 2
Q4 23% 3
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 75% and covered 42% of 12 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 92% and covered 58% 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 over4100% 4
4–71100% 1
8–102100% 2
18–21250% 1
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.