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The path has become clear for No. 15 Boise State.Simply win out the rest of the way and Boise State will have a chance to find a spot in one of the major New Years bowl games and cash a rather large check.Sounds easy, but its far from it as the Broncos entertain Colorado State on Saturday night, the first of two home games in five days for Boise State that stand as one of the remaining speedbumps between now and January.The Broncos (5-0, 2-0 Mountain West) face the Rams, then turn around and host BYU next Thursday. If Boise State can get through this two-game stretch unscathed, the remaining regular-season challenges will all come on the road -- Oct. 29 at Wyoming, Nov. 12 at Hawaii and Nov. 25 at Air Force.Nobody has really stopped these guys, Colorado State coach Mike Bobo said. Theyre very, very successful and theyre very successful early in games. They jump on people.The reason there is so much looking forward now when it comes to the Broncos is because Houston lost at Navy last week. Houston seemed destined to be the Group of Five member to land in one of the New Years Six bowl games, but the loss to Navy cleared the path for Boise State to step in should the Broncos stay unbeaten through the regular season and win the Mountain West title game.Boise States ranking is its highest since finishing the 2011 season ranked No. 8.Our opponents didnt rank us so were focused on them, Boise State coach Bryan Harsin said. How its all been laid out up to this point it really doesnt matter. What matters is we go out each week and play each and every week like we have been.Colorado State (3-3, 1-1) may have turned around its season with a comeback victory over Utah State last Saturday despite the loss of freshman quarterback Collin Hill to a torn ACL that ended his year. With three of the next four on the road, the Rams needed the win over Utah State to keep their hopes for a fourth straight bowl game on track.This football team has improved from last season, Harsin said. Theyre tougher. Theyre physical. They play four quarters and that showed up against Utah State.Other things to watch as Boise State looks to remain unbeaten against Colorado State:QB CHANGE: The loss of Hill for the season means Nick Stevens moves back under center as the Rams starting quarterback. A year ago, Stevens was a second-team all-Mountain West selection after leading the Rams to a 7-6 season and throwing for 2,679 yards and 21 touchdowns.But he lost the starting job this season after a poor performance in the opener against Colorado and has played sparingly since.I think he hit the reset when he went from first team to second team, Bobo said. He went back to work on some things we wanted him to improve on.MULTIPLE TARGETS: Thomas Sperbeck remains the favored pass-catching target for Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien.Cedrick Wilson is quickly becoming a favorite of Rypiens as well.After a quiet few weeks, Wilson broke out with nine catches for 167 yards and three touchdowns last week against New Mexico.Rypien threw for 391 yards and five touchdowns against the Lobos on just 21 completions.TURNOVER MARGIN: Turnovers have helped define Colorado States season thus far. In two of their three victories, the Rams avoided turning the ball over. In their three losses, Colorado State has eight combined turnovers.Forcing turnovers is one aspect lacking from Boise States defense. Through five games, the Broncos have forced just three turnovers.THROWBACK SATURDAY: Boise State is honoring the 10th anniversary of its Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma on Saturday night with a reunion of players from that team. 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So just where might the selectors be looking ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley, live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am on Thursday, May 19?Whether the decision-makers want wise old heads or fresh faces, there are a fair few options… Ian Bell Michael Atherton makes the case for Ian Bell to re-join the England test side for the series against Sri Lanka When left out of Englands tour of South Africa, many wondered whether it might be the end of the 34-year-olds Test career, especially as hed pondered his retirement from international cricket following Englands most recent Ashes triumph, the fifth of his career. What else is there for him to achieve?But with the sad news of Taylors enforced exit, suddenly there is a spot open for Bell and he is hungry to fill it, scoring 174 in Warwickshires opening County Championship game of the season against Hampshire. Also, lest we forget, Bell loves batting at five! In the 60 of his 205 Test innings he has batted there, Bell has hit nine of his 22 hundreds - his average of 48.25 bettering his career 42.69.Gary Ballance Ballance and Joe Root could be reunited in Englands middle order Potentially the next cab off the rank is Ballance, who played understudy as the spare batsman for the tour of South Africa. Dropped mid-Ashes last year when struggling to perfect a top-order technique batting at three, a move lower down the order could see him feel considerably more comfortable.Plus, Ballance hardly failed too greatly in his early efforts in Test cricket, scoring 1,194 runs in his first 15 Tests at an average of 47.76, so he would argue he deserves another shot. It could come at five, or perhaps England look to plug him in again at three, with doubts remaining over Compton, a man yet to get going this season.James Vince Nick Knight has called for England to pick Hampshires James Vince at three for the first Test against Sri Lanka Vince is another potential floating option should England choose for a greater middle-order shake-up.dddddddddddd Long earmarked for Test success, the 25-year-old is a regular in Englands white-ball squads. Squads being the optimum word, as Vinces role has mainly been that of chief benchwarmer, with just four T20I - albeit impressive - performances to his name, and one rained off ODI against Ireland last summer.While its obvious the management like having him around the set-up, the main hindrance to Test recognition was seemingly a poor 2015 in the County Championship for Hampshire, Vince averaging only 28.58 as he struggled with the step-up from Division Two. But he has started well this year, striking a vital 119 against the reigning county champions no less, having come to the crease with his side 9-1 following Yorkshires mammoth 593-9 declared.Jonny Bairstow Could England pick Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler? Bairstow smashed a first-class career-best 246 in that Yorkshire innings, before smiting 198 against Surrey on Monday. Moving the wicketkeeper-batsman back up to five in the order would free up space for England to bring back Jos Buttler at seven. It would also mean that Bairstow - who had a tricky time of it behind the stumps in South Africa - can give up the gloves and focus solely on batting.It may be that Buttler is still absent from the side for the first Test against Sri Lanka, what with his IPL commitments for Mumbai Indians, but England could still choose to relieve Bairstow of the gloves and perhaps give an opportunity to talented keeper-batsmen like Adam Wheater of Hampshire or Surreys Ben Foakes.Jason Roy Surreys Jason Roy starred for England at the World T20 His place in Englands white-ball sides seemed under threat after a poor series in South Africa with just a combined 120 runs over seven ODI and T20I innings at the top of the order, but he bounced back emphatically at the World T20. Roy smashed 183 runs in six innings, at a strike-rate of 148.78, producing three particularly vital knocks to help England navigate their way to the final.Roy hit 43 off 16 balls in the record run-chase against South Africa, 43 off 39 against Sri Lanka to help book a semi-final spot, and then 78 off 44 in that semi win over New Zealand. His opportunity in Test cricket could come far sooner than expected. Trevor Bayliss is a big fan, and first division cricket this year batting at five for Surrey could be enough to persuade him to plump for Roy. Who would YOU pick in Englands middle order? Let us know by commenting below if viewing on skysports.com or tweet us @SkyCricket...Then head to Sky Sports News HQ and Sky Sports digital platforms on Thursday morning for first news of Englands Test squad to play Sri Lanka. Also See: Englands options: Openers Pundits pick England squad WATCH: Skys summer of cricket England fixtures/results ' ' '