Jesse Newell Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) 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 27, 2017 Week 4 Rankings for Jesse Newell1 Duke (65) 8-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 65 Voters Lowest: 1 - 65 Voters 1625
2 Kansas 5-0 Actual: 2Highest: 2 - 42 Voters Lowest: 4 - 6 Voters 1531
3 Villanova 6-0 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - 4 Voters Lowest: 9 - Graham Couch 1435
4 Michigan State 5-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 19 Voters Lowest: 8 - Theo Lawson 1481
5 Wichita State 4-1 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Scott Wolf 1134
6 Cincinnati 6-0 Actual: 11Highest: 4 - Luke DeCock Lowest: 18 - Graham Couch 972
7 Notre Dame 6-0 Actual: 5Highest: 4 - 5 Voters Lowest: 11 - Marcus Fuller 1297
8 Florida 5-1 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - 3 Voters Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters 1272
9 Kentucky 6-1 Actual: 7Highest: 5 - 14 Voters Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters 1179
10 Virginia 6-0 Actual: 18Highest: 10 - Jesse Newell Lowest: NR - Carlos Silva 510
11 Texas A&M 6-0 Actual: 9Highest: 3 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Carlos Silva 1130
12 West Virginia 6-1 Actual: 19Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 418
13 Miami (FL) 5-0 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - Craig Meyer Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters 1001
14 North Carolina 5-1 Actual: 13Highest: 5 - David Cobb Lowest: 19 - Jon Nyatawa 922
15 Purdue 5-2 Actual: 28Highest: 15 - Jesse Newell Lowest: NR - 53 Voters 56
16 Gonzaga 5-1 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty 666
17 Xavier 5-1 Actual: 21Highest: 12 - Luke DeCock Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 370
18 Louisville 4-0 Actual: 17Highest: 12 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 6 Voters 568
19 Minnesota 7-0 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 20 - Luke DeCock 929
20 USC 4-1 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - Seth Davis Lowest: 24 - Mark Berman 681
21 Baylor 5-0 Actual: 16Highest: 10 - Mark Cooper Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 576
22 Texas Tech 6-0 Actual: 22Highest: 15 - Lauren Brownlow Lowest: NR - 14 Voters 247
23 Arizona 3-3 Actual: 30Highest: 17 - Thuc Nhi Nguyen Lowest: NR - 59 Voters 34
24 Seton Hall 5-1 Actual: 26Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 40 Voters 87
25 Oklahoma 4-1 Actual: 40Highest: 24 - Rick Bozich Lowest: NR - 63 Voters 3
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Arizona State 23-TCU 24-Alabama 25-Creighton
