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 22, 2021 Week 3 Rankings for Jesse Newell1 Gonzaga (55) 4-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 55 Voters Lowest: 4 - Rick Bozich 1515
2 Purdue (1) 5-0 Actual: 3Highest: 1 - Rick Bozich Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters 1391
3 Kansas 3-0 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - 10 Voters Lowest: NR - Kevin Brockway 1354
4 UCLA (5) 4-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 5 Voters Lowest: 4 - 5 Voters 1443
5 Baylor 4-0 Actual: 6Highest: 5 - 11 Voters Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner 1154
6 Illinois 2-1 Actual: 14Highest: 5 - Theo Lawson Lowest: 25 - Jeff Borzello 624
7 Villanova 3-2 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 3 Voters Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters 1090
8 Houston 3-0 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 18 - Scott Richey 861
9 Michigan 3-2 Actual: 20Highest: 9 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 20 Voters 367
10 Duke 5-0 Actual: 5Highest: 4 - Kevin Brockway Lowest: 11 - Chris Basnett 1225
11 Texas 3-1 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - 4 Voters Lowest: 22 - Steve Greenberg 1083
12 Kentucky 3-1 Actual: 10Highest: 7 - Stephen Means Lowest: NR - Dave Borges 880
13 Memphis 4-0 Actual: 9Highest: 2 - Luke DeCock Lowest: 17 - Dave Borges 1002
14 Arizona 5-0 Actual: 17Highest: 5 - Chris Basnett Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 474
15 UConn 4-0 Actual: 22Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner Lowest: NR - 6 Voters 342
16 Alabama 4-0 Actual: 10Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 20 - David Jablonski 880
17 Tennessee 3-1 Actual: 15Highest: 11 - 3 Voters Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters 558
18 Florida 3-0 Actual: 23Highest: 13 - Jeff Rabjohns Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 294
19 Michigan State 3-1 Actual: 31Highest: 17 - Zach Klein Lowest: NR - 50 Voters 44
20 USC 3-0 Actual: 24Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 21 Voters 138
21 Seton Hall 3-0 Actual: 21Highest: 8 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 17 Voters 363
22 Ohio State 3-1 Actual: 28Highest: 14 - David Cloninger Lowest: NR - 41 Voters 89
23 Virginia Tech 5-0 Actual: 27Highest: 14 - Steve Greenberg Lowest: NR - 37 Voters 91
24 Texas Tech 4-0 Actual: 35Highest: 17 - Mike Rodak Lowest: NR - 54 Voters 26
25 St. Bonaventure 5-0 Actual: 16Highest: 8 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - Nick Kelly 517
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 13-Arkansas 18-BYU 19-Auburn 25-Xavier
