Jacob Murphy scored a 10-minute hat-trick to send Coventry to the top of the League One table after a 4-1 victory over previous leaders Gillingham.
Murphy took advantage of a mistake by Adedeji Oshilaja to open the scoring before Ben Turner headed the Sky Blues 2-0 ahead.
Murphy then raced clear to double his tally and completed his hat-trick from Chris Stokes' cross to complete a good win. Bradley Dack pulled one back for the visitors.
Jose Baxter's 66th-minute strike earned Sheffield United a 1-1 draw at third placed Walsall after Tom Bradshaw had given the Saddlers the lead.
Alex Revell scored the only goal as Wigan climbed to fourth with a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury, while Burton dropped to fifth after Jerome Binnom-Williams' late own goal gave Bury a 1-0 win.
A Tony McMahon penalty and strike from Greg Leigh saw Bradford stretch their unbeaten run to seven games with a 2-0 victory at Scunthorpe.
Millwall extended their unbeaten record to six games with a 4-1 victory over Colchester.
Lee Gregory and Shane Ferguson saw the Lions take a 2-0 lead into the break before Chris Porter pulled one back for Colchester, but Ferguson and Byron Webster made sure of the Lions' victory.
Jermaine Anderson scored twice as Peterborough piled more misery on bottom club Crewe with a 5-1 victory at Gresty Road.
Jon Taylor, Conor Washington and Lee Angol were also on target for Posh, meaning Ryan Colclough's strike for the struggling Railwaymen was mere consolation.
Adam Thompson's effort 14 minutes from time saw Southend see off Blackpool 1-0, a result that sees the Seasiders slip to second bottom in the table.
Port Vale edged a thrilling clash with Chesterfield 3-2 at Vale Park.
Sam Kelly gave the hosts the lead just six minutes in but the Spireites were level two minutes later when Lee Novak hit the target.
Ajay Leitch-Smith and Louis Dodds then put the hosts two goals up before Rai Simons pulled a late one back for Chesterfield.
Ian Henderson was at the double to guide Rochdale to a 2-0 victory at Doncaster, while a late winner from Kevin Long saw Barnsley come away from Oldham with a 2-1 win.
Conor Hourihane gave the Tykes a first-half lead before Mark Yeates levelled things but Long ensured the points went back to Yorkshire.
Swindon dropped back into the relegation zone after going down to a 5-1 defeat to Fleetwood at Highbury.
Adam El-Abd turned the ball into his own net before a penalty from Antoni Sarcevic and goals from David Henen and Tarique Fosu had the hosts sailing at 4-0. Nicky Ajose pulled one back for Martin Ling's men but Bobby Grant wrapped it up.