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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 12, 2018Week 2 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Kansas (14)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1571
Points
2Duke (48)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 48 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1606
Points
3Virginia (2)
2-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Kevin McNamara
1326
Points
4North Carolina
2-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Graham Couch
1260
Points
5Gonzaga
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dave Matter
1478
Points
6Auburn
2-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1132
Points
7Nevada
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 19 - Scott Mansch
1277
Points
8Villanova
2-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - James Crepea
Lowest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
1139
Points
9Tennessee (1)
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters
1306
Points

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10Syracuse
2-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Brian Holland
Lowest: 23 - T.J. Werre
673
Points
11Michigan State
1-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Lauren Brownlow
919
Points
12Kentucky
1-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 16 - Lauren Brownlow
1054
Points
13Oregon
2-0Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
739
Points
14Florida State
2-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 20 - 3 Voters
731
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15West Virginia
0-1Actual: 26
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 8 Voters
145
Points

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16Miami (FL)
1-0Actual: 33
Highest: 16 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 20 - James Crepea
16
Points
17Mississippi State
2-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 25 - Paul Klee
549
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18Kansas State
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 22 - Brian McInnis
892
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19Florida
1-1Actual: 36
Highest: 19 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 24 - James Crepea
9
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20Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 29
Highest: 19 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
32
Points
21Clemson
2-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - James Crepea
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
350
Points
22Marquette
2-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
155
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23Michigan
2-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: 25 - T.J. Werre
486
Points
24Purdue
2-0Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 25 - 9 Voters
218
Points
25Indiana
2-0Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 25 - 6 Voters
131
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Virginia Tech20-UCLA21-TCU22-LSU25-Buffalo