Coventry City are fourth points clear of the relegation zone after the 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe United at the Ricoh Arena.
City stay in 20th place with 32 points, four points ahead of Colchester United who lost 4-1 at Sheffield United and Yeovil Town who lost 1-0 at Crewe.
The Sky Blues are five points ahead of Crawley who lost 5-0 at home to Doncaster Rovers and six points ahead of Leyton Orient who lost 1-0 at home to Notts County.
City are two points behind Scunthorpe, two points behind Crewe and three behind Barnsley who were beaten 2-1 at home by Fleetwood Town.
Bristol City lead the table after a 3-1 win over Port Vale with Swindon who lost 2-1 at Oldham second ahead of MK Dons who lost at Bradford City on Monday night. Preston, who won 2-0 at Chesterfield are fourth.
Elsewhere, Gillingham won 2-1 at Peterborough and Walsall beat Rochdale 3-2.