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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

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Jan 2, 2023Week 9 Rankings for David Jones
1Purdue (60)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 2 - Percy Allen
1524
Points
2UConn (1)
14-1Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Percy Allen
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1342
Points
3Houston
14-1Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 34 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis
1417
Points
4Arizona
13-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Bob Ballou
1334
Points
5Tennessee
11-2Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1114
Points
6Texas
12-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Brian Holland
1185
Points
7Alabama
11-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 11 - Matt Tait
1132
Points

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8Kansas
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
9UCLA
13-2Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: 15 - Dylan Sinn
993
Points
10Gonzaga
12-3Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Dylan Sinn
1003
Points
11Miami (FL)
13-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
814
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12TCU
12-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
545
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13LSU
12-1Actual: 26
Highest: 13 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
83
Points
14Wisconsin
10-2Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Aria Gerson
639
Points

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15Missouri
12-1Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Stefan Krajisnik
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
329
Points

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16Virginia
10-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - David Jones
926
Points
17New Mexico
14-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Michelle Gardner
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
290
Points
18Xavier
12-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
531
Points
19Duke
11-3Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Bob Holt
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
554
Points
20Auburn
11-2Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
287
Points
21Charleston
14-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
116
Points

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22Arkansas
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
717
Points

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23Providence
12-3Actual: 33
Highest: 23 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
14
Points
24Iowa State
10-2Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
94
Points

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25Baylor
10-3Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
520
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 15-Indiana24-Ohio State