From San Antonio FC’s 14-game undefeated start to the season, to Real Monarchs SLC’s USL-record setting run of nine consecutive victories, it seemed as though the USL Regular Season Championship was headed to the Western Conference this season give then gap both teams had built to the rest of the league.

Through its consistency over the past month, and drops in form for both Real and SAFC, Louisville City FC might have worked its way back into the conversation. Now in sole possession of the No. 1 spot in the USLSoccer.com Power Rankings after a 3-0 road victory against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Louisville still needs to make a big run to close a gap of six points to the Monarchs, but with a game in hand, the opening might be there.

Louisville’s recent run of form has been impressive. It’s gone 5-1-0 over the past month, with only Reno 1868 FC – another team that’s pushed into the conversation for the title – accumulating more points in that span. Over that same span, the Monarchs and SAFC have both notched eight points apiece. With a win on Friday night against Bethlehem Steel FC, Louisville would be three points back of the Monarchs ahead of Real’s visit to a Phoenix Rising FC side that’s making its own move for the playoffs.

With five weeks of the season to go, the race for the first silverware of the USL season is opening up.

The five-person USLSoccer.com voting panel tabulates 10 points for first-place team votes, nine points to the second-place team and so forth to one point for 10th place. The accrued points among the group determines the final ranking.

Here’s your new Top 10.

1. Louisville City FC (48pts)

Last Week: W 3-0 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Louisville’s emphatic road victory against a Riverhounds side that was undefeated in its previous five outings provided another impressive performance by Head Coach James O’Connor’s side. With Speedy Williams’ goal from the penalty spot, City has had 16 different players find the net this season. O’Connor was part of another USL club to accomplish that, albeit briefly given his departure from Orlando City SC’s 2014 squad to become Louisville’s head coach for the following season. That Orlando squad won a regular season title, something that is now in Louisville’s sights.