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?

7 games · 2026 · Purdue · pick one to list those games
86% went over. Of the 6 overs, 0% had cashed by halftime and 17% by the end of the 3rd quarter. Covers were settled only in the 4th quarter or overtime in 29% of games.

All 7 games

2026 · Purdue · newest first
GameLineTotalPoints by quarterOverCover settledFinal
2026 · Week 7
PUR -3 50.5 10414464 Q4 WASH Q1 38–26
2026 · Week 6
MINN -2.5 48.5 10234054 Q4 PUR Q1 13–41
2026 · Week 5
ILL -9.5 62.5 3202341 U PUR Q1 24–17
2026 · Week 4
ND -27.5 57.5 7353859 Q4 ND Q2
Late over
49–10
2026 · Week 3
UCLA -13.5 53.5 28456990 Q3 UCLA Q4 38–52
2026 · Week 2
WAKE -2.5 51.5 1427334674 OT PUR Q4
Late cover flip Late over
38–36
INST @ PUR
2026 · Week 1
PUR -35.5 55.5 13224363 Q4 INST Q1 19–44

When was the cover settled?

From the end of that quarter on, the side covering never changed
Q1 57% 4
Q2 14% 1
Q3 0% 0
Q4 29% 2
OT 0% 0
The team leading at halftime won 100% and covered 71% of 7 games
The team leading after 3 quarters won 100% and covered 71% of 7 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
4–71100% 1
8–101100% 1
11–141100% 1
18–212100% 2
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.