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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.


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Dec 12, 2022Week 6 Rankings for David Jones
1UConn (15)
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1466
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2Virginia (19)
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Matt Charboneau
1476
Points
3Purdue (27)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 27 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters
1508
Points
4Alabama
8-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1326
Points
5Tennessee (1)
9-1Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Matt Charboneau
Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters
1189
Points
6Houston
9-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1224
Points
7Arizona
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1096
Points
8Texas
7-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Stephen Means
1173
Points
9Kansas
9-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 15 - David Cloninger
1165
Points
10Arkansas
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Todd Golden
1029
Points
11Baylor
7-2Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
881
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12Maryland
8-2Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
414
Points
13Mississippi State
9-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Greg Madia
501
Points
14Duke
10-2Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Matt Tait
840
Points
15UCLA
8-2Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
606
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16TCU
8-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
270
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17Wisconsin
8-2Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
255
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18Charleston
10-1Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
64
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19Memphis
8-2Actual: 26
Highest: 16 - Matt Charboneau
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
74
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20Kentucky
7-2Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Kelly Hines
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
688
Points
21Auburn
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
453
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22UNLV
10-0Actual: 31
Highest: 19 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
27
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23Indiana
8-2Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - David Cloninger
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
622
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24Virginia Tech
10-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Todd Golden
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
109
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25Utah State
8-0Actual: 42
Highest: 23 - Todd Golden
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
4
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 15-Gonzaga18-Illinois23-Ohio State25-Miami (FL)