Jesse NewellKansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
E-mail: jnewell@kcstar.com
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.


Ballot Score

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Feb 10, 2020Week 15 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Kansas (1)
20-3Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 5 - 3 Voters
1450
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2Gonzaga (15)
25-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Luke DeCock
1546
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3Baylor (48)
21-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 48 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jesse Newell
1583
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4Duke
20-3Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1211
Points
5San Diego State
24-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1422
Points
6Dayton
21-2Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters=
1255
Points
7Louisville
21-3Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Brian Holland
Lowest: 7 - 7 Voters
1331
Points
8Maryland
19-4Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - James Crepea
Lowest: 13 - Carlos Silva
1057
Points

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9Michigan State
16-8Actual: 26
Highest: 9 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
124
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10West Virginia
18-5Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 22 - Joe Buettner
721
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11Seton Hall
18-5Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Sam Blum
Lowest: 12 - 7 Voters
1013
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12Penn State
18-5Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Jeff Rabjohns
Lowest: 20 - Chris Murray
787
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13Ohio State
15-8Actual: 32
Highest: 13 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
14
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14Arizona
16-7Actual: 30
Highest: 14 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
34
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15Florida State
20-3Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jesse Newell
1170
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16Purdue
14-10Actual: 31
Highest: 16 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
27
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17Houston
19-5Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
402
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18BYU
19-7Actual: 29
Highest: 17 - Jordan Hansen
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
43
Points
19Marquette
17-6Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
425
Points
20Texas Tech
15-8Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
169
Points
21Iowa
17-7Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Chad Leistikow
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
374
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22Kentucky
18-5Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Brian Holland
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
853
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23Colorado
19-5Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
567
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24Auburn
21-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: 24 - Jesse Newell
998
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25Michigan
14-9Actual: 35
Highest: 24 - Rob Dauster
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
3
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Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 15-Villanova17-Oregon19-Butler22-Illinois23-Creighton25-LSU