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College game flow: when games go over and when the cover is settled

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.

Arizona State ✕

When did they go over?

6 games · 2026 · Arizona State · pick one to list those games
Went overAll games6100%By halftime233%In Q3117%In Q4117%In OT00%Stayed under233%
Last 5 minutesCover changed hands00%Over cashed00%Leader lost the game00%
67% went over. Of the 4 overs, 50% had cashed by halftime and 75% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 17% of games.

All 6 games

2026 · Arizona State · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2026 · Week 7
 TTU -16.5 50.5 28536078 Q2 TTU Q2 25–53
2026 · Week 6
 ASU -20.5 51.5 10233042 U HAW Q1 12–30
2026 · Week 5
 ASU -3.5 49.5 17376174 Q3 BAY Q1 55–19
2026 · Week 3
 ASU -5.5 50.5 3172441 U ASU Q3 24–17
2026 · Week 2
 TA&M -15.5 51.5 14274468 Q4 TA&M Q4 20–48
MORG @ ASU
2026 · Week 1
 ASU -43.5 52.5 35567777 Q2 ASU Q3 7–70
Final score is away–home. Points by quarter are combined points at the end of each quarter; the highlighted one is when the over cashed.

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 33% 2
Q2 17% 1
Q3 33% 2
Q4 17% 1
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 100% and covered 83% of 6 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 83% of 6 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
8–101100% 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.