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David JonesPenn Live (Dowington, PA)
Twitter: @djoneshoop
About: Joined The Patriot-News in 1989 after five years full-time at The Columbus Dispatch as a college football/basketball beat writer (Ohio University and MAC, 1984-85); Television-Radio Critic (1985-87); and police/courts reporter (1987-89). Has covered every NCAA Final Four since 1994 and 25 in all. Has covered Penn State basketball for 28 seasons and Penn State football for 27, first as the beat writer and since 2002 as the columnist. Has been the Patriot-News's full-time sports columnist since 2002. Three-time winner of Pennsylvania Newspaper Association award as the state's best sports columnist (1999, 2004 and 2006) in top circulation category (75,000+). Named by Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors as state's best sports columnist (75,000+) in 2012. Multiple winner of national APSE Top 10, Football Writers Association of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Association awards including 2006 USBWA best feature story in nation. Winner of 2010 APSE first-place national columnist award (75,000-175,000 circ.). The 74th president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2017. To be inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association hall of fame in April 2018. Son Nicholas is an undergrad at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Lives with wife Anna and in Downingtown, PA.


Ballot Score

143

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Jan 9, 2023Week 10 Rankings for David Jones
1Houston (34)
16-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 34 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dave Borges
1457
Points
2Purdue (4)
15-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1386
Points
3Tennessee
13-2Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1231
Points
4Kansas (22)
14-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
1440
Points
5Alabama
13-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Matt Charboneau
1288
Points
6Arizona
14-2Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 14 - Matt Daniels
1049
Points
7Kansas State
14-1Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dave Preston
818
Points
8UCLA
14-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Sam Connon
Lowest: 11 - Dylan Sinn
1108
Points
9Texas
13-2Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 4 Voters
940
Points
10Gonzaga
14-3Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Chris Murray
1070
Points
11Xavier
13-3Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mia O'Brien
793
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12Providence
14-3Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
358
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13UConn
15-2Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 13 - David Jones
1206
Points
14Iowa State
12-2Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Sam Connon
697
Points
15TCU
13-2Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Aria Gerson
Lowest: 21 - 4 Voters
553
Points
16Miami (FL)
13-2Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
604
Points
17Missouri
13-2Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Mike Rodak
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
317
Points
18Charleston
16-1Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
246
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19Virginia
11-3Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Jeff Call
712
Points
20Auburn
12-3Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Matt Charboneau
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
256
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21Clemson
13-3Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Jordan Crammer
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
43
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22Arkansas
12-3Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - John Werner
613
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23Wisconsin
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
448
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24LSU
12-3Actual: 40
Highest: 24 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
3
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25NC State
13-4Actual: 37
Highest: 23 - Todd Golden
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
4
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-San Diego State24-Duke25-Marquette