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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Feb 20, 2023Week 16 Rankings for David Jones
1Houston (48)
25-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 48 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1534
Points
2Alabama (7)
23-4Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1448
Points
3UCLA
23-4Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1363
Points
4Virginia
21-4Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Seth Davis
1228
Points
5Arizona
24-4Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Dave Matter
1213
Points
6Kansas (7)
22-5Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Michelle Gardner
1409
Points
7Purdue
24-4Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 9 - Seth Davis
1294
Points
8Tennessee
20-7Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: 20 - Dylan Sinn
887
Points
9Baylor
20-7Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1013
Points
10Texas
21-6Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 16 - Matt Charboneau
1083
Points
11Kansas State
20-7Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
666
Points

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12Pittsburgh
19-8Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
34
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13Northwestern
20-7Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
349
Points
14Miami (FL)
22-5Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Geoff Grammer
833
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15Marquette
21-6Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
968
Points
16Xavier
20-7Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
563
Points
17Saint Mary's
24-5Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 22 - C.L. Brown
650
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18Gonzaga
23-5Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Michelle Gardner
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
856
Points
19Iowa State
17-9Actual: 23
Highest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
309
Points
20Providence
20-7Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
350
Points
21TCU
18-9Actual: 24
Highest: 11 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
162
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22Indiana
19-8Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Dave Matter
Lowest: NR - Brian Holland
539
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23UConn
20-7Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
440
Points
24San Diego State
21-5Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
336
Points

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25Creighton
18-9Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
361
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Texas A&M