Lakeland, Fla. --- The Florida Southern men's soccer team reached their highest ranking in program history in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25 poll as the No. 5 team in the country, as announced on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 13).

The Mocs have now been ranked for now the fourth consecutive week, also ties a program record for most time spent as a ranked squad. The streak matches the 1999 team for the longest time spent ranked at four consecutive weeks. FSC is also the only SSC team ranked inside the top-25 this week, with Embry-Riddle only receiving votes.

The Mocs currently have a 10-1-1 record, good for the third most victories in all of D11, trailing only Cal. State - Los Angeles, Midwestern State and Francis Marion. After overcoming two deficits of being down a goal in their match last Saturday against Palm Beach Atlantic, the Mocs sit atop the SSC table and are still unbeaten in conference play.

Florida Southern leads the SSC and is top-ten nationally in multiple offensive categories, including assists per game (2.50), goal differential (+20), points per game (8.17), the no. 6 scoring offense in the country (2.83), total goals (34) and total points (98). Individually, Tim Baierlein is one of just two players in the SSC with double-digit goals, which is also tied for 12th in the nation. Darcy Moffat is tied for ninth in the nation with his seven total assists while both Baierlein and Moffat are in the top-25 in all of DII in total points (21 and 19).

Florida Southern also were announced as the no. 1 team in the NCAA NPI Super Region 2 rankings on Monday afternoon (Oct. 12). Overall, the Mocs are seventh in NPI and are the only SSC squad to be ranked in the top-ten of the Super Region.

The no. 5 Mocs are set for their biggest remaining test of the regular season as RV Embry-Riddle comes to Lakeland tomorrow night (Oct. 14). Kickoff at Berend Field is set for 7 p.m.