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?

8 games · 2026 · Memphis · pick one to list those games
63% went over. Of the 5 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 40% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 13% of games.

All 8 games

2026 · Memphis · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2026 · Week 8
MEM -10.5 55.5 1019446875 Q4 ECU Q1 34–41
2026 · Week 7
MEM -6.5 55.5 3333348 U TULN Q1 17–31
2026 · Week 6
MEM -15.5 55.5 14233751 U MEM Q4 13–38
2026 · Week 5
MEM -18.5 52.5 14245367 Q3 MEM Q2 59–8
UTM @ MEM
2026 · Week 3
MEM -33.5 58.5 10313866 Q4 UTM Q1 21–45
2026 · Week 2
BOIS -9.5 54.5 10375158 Q4 BOIS Q3 20–38
2026 · Week 1
MEM -10.5 52.5 3385966 Q3 MEM Q3 24–42
2026 · Week 1
UNLV -4.5 55.5 0214548 U MEM Q3 27–21

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 38% 3
Q2 13% 1
Q3 38% 3
Q4 13% 1
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 50% and covered 50% of 8 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 88% and covered 88% of 8 games

Going into the 4th quarter

Points the game still needed after 3 quarters, and how often it got there
Points neededGamesWent over
Already over2100% 2
4–71100% 1
11–14250% 1
18–21250% 1
22+10% 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.