Coventry City are eighteenth in the League One table after Saturday's round of matches.
City are four points clear from the fourth bottom side Gillingham, who they travel to a week today, after the Gills lost 3-1 at Crewe who moved up to 19th with the win.
Steven Pressley's side are five points clear of Colchester United who won 2-0 at Peterborough United, five points clear of Crawley who drew 2-2 with MK Dons and nine points clear of bottom side Yeovil Town who lost 2-0 at Barnsley.
The Sky Blues are five points behind sixth placed Sheffield United who beat fourth placed Preston North End 2-1, six points behind fifth placed Bradford City who were beaten 2-1 at home by Rochdale.
Bristol City are back top of the table after a 4-0 home win against Notts County and they led Swindon by three points and a goal difference of plus two.
Elsewhere, Chesterfield beat Port Vale 3-0, Fleetwood Town won 1-0 at Leyton Orient, Oldham drew 2-2 with Doncaster and Scunthorpe won 4-1 at Walsall.