Ehrhart suggested that strength of schedule should be played down and that the margin-of-victory factor should be eliminated.
Republican officials had worried that a third-party bid by Mr. McDonald could split the Republican vote and improve Ms. Andrews's odds at an upset victory, a factor to which Mr. McDonald alluded in explaining his decision.
"Margin of victory is factored in by the human polls," said Mike Tranghese, the B.C.S. coordinator and the commissioner of the Big East Conference.
When the N.C.A.A. selection committee began using the R.P.I. in 1981, road victories were factored into the formula.
The campaign to back Mayall's track was kicked off by Jon Morter, the man behind Rage Against The Machine's victory over X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the 2009 Christmas number one race, the Official Charts Company said.
Little Mix followed up their 2011 X Factor victory with a surprisingly good debut that seemed aimed squarely at filling the void left by Girls Aloud's hiatus (one song was even co-written by Nicola Roberts).
The Strictly launch show also claimed a ratings victory against X Factor, drawing in 8.4 million viewers, compared with the 7.8 million people who tuned it to watch the fourth episode of X Factor auditions.
Nor is her excitement caused by the recent triumph of Strictly Come Dancing, the reality show she won last Christmas, at the National Television Awards, although she went along to help collect the gong and witness its effect on Simon Cowell, who wore Strictly's victory over X Factor and Britain's Got Talent with his trademark charm and good grace.
Though the game ended with a 6-3 Yankees victory, neither starter factored in the decision.
This is a line of work where the headaches must outnumber the victories by a factor of 100.
Bill de Blasio was propelled in just a few weeks from obscurity to victory by two factors: his willingness to attack Mayor Michael Bloomberg's policies and his embodiment of the New America's core values of diversity and inclusion.
