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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

76

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Feb 6, 2023Week 14 Rankings for David Jones
1Houston (22)
22-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Dave Borges
1483
Points
2Alabama (1)
20-3Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Bob Holt
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1436
Points
3Purdue (38)
22-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 38 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 5 Voters
1508
Points
4Tennessee
19-4Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1254
Points
5Arizona (1)
21-3Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 8 - Jon Wilner
1375
Points
6UCLA
19-4Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Jordan Crammer
Lowest: 18 - Dylan Sinn
1159
Points
7Texas
19-4Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Dave Preston
1267
Points
8Virginia
17-4Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Brian Holland
Lowest: 17 - Mia O'Brien
1034
Points
9Kansas State
18-5Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Greg Madia
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
855
Points
10Iowa State
16-6Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 4 Voters
869
Points

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11TCU
17-6Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Seth Davis
517
Points
12Xavier
19-5Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 18 - Todd Golden
843
Points
13Kansas
18-5Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1013
Points
14Baylor
17-6Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - 3 Voters
832
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15Marquette
19-5Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 18 - Matt Tait
909
Points

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16Pittsburgh
16-7Actual: 30
Highest: 16 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
26
Points
17Providence
17-6Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
369
Points
18Saint Mary's
21-4Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
742
Points

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19Rutgers
16-7Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
125
Points
20Gonzaga
19-5Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 23 - Steve Greenberg
602
Points

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21Clemson
18-6Actual: 29
Highest: 19 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
31
Points
22Miami (FL)
18-5Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Geoff Grammer
425
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23Northwestern
16-7Actual: 41
Highest: 23 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
3
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24Maryland
16-7Actual: 34
Highest: 22 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
12
Points
25Duke
17-6Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
87
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Indiana21-UConn22-NC State23-Creighton25-San Diego State