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Jesse NewellKansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
Twitter: @jessenewell
About: Newell comes to The Star from the Topeka Capital-Journal, where he currently covers KU. His writing has won numerous awards since he joined the Capital-Journal in 2013, including beat writer of the year in the most recent Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Newell is also the co-author, with former Star writer Jason King, of “Beyond the Phog,” an inside look at former KU basketball players. He was previously the online editor for the Lawrence Journal-World. He started his career at the Emporia Gazette.


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Nov 19, 2018Week 3 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Duke (53)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 53 Voters
Lowest: 3 - John Feinstein
1564
Points
2Kansas (7)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Brian Holland
1510
Points
3Virginia (2)
3-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1299
Points
4North Carolina
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Graham Couch
1246
Points
5Gonzaga
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 3 Voters
1437
Points
6Auburn
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters
1123
Points
7Nevada
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 11 - Scott Mansch
1253
Points
8Tennessee (1)
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1281
Points
9Michigan
5-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1021
Points
10Michigan State
3-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - James Crepea
Lowest: 18 - Lauren Brownlow
937
Points
11Florida State
2-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Scott Mansch
794
Points
12Kentucky
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 17 - John Feinstein
980
Points
13Virginia Tech
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - John Bednarowski
849
Points

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14Oregon
3-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 25 - 4 Voters
325
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15Wisconsin
3-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 25 - Theo Lawson
150
Points
16Mississippi State
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - John Bednarowski
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
619
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17Miami (FL)
3-0Actual: 34
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
18
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18Indiana
3-1Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 5 Voters
74
Points

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19Kansas State
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Jesse Newell
889
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20Syracuse
2-2Actual: 31
Highest: 15 - John Bednarowski
Lowest: 25 - Kayla Anderson
29
Points
21Purdue
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 25 - 8 Voters
199
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22West Virginia
2-2Actual: 34
Highest: 20 - B.J. Rains
Lowest: 23 - James Crepea
18
Points

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23Florida
2-1Actual: 40
Highest: 22 - James Crepea
Lowest: 23 - Jesse Newell
7
Points

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24Clemson
3-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - James Crepea
Lowest: 24 - 4 Voters
462
Points
25Nebraska
3-0Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 25 - 6 Voters
98
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-UCLA18-TCU19-LSU20-Iowa22-Buffalo23-Ohio State