The 2023 NAIA football season was the component of the 2023

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(NAIA) in the United States. The regular season began on August 19 and culminated on November 11. The playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, began on November 18 and culminated with the

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on December 18 at

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Membership changes

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* The NAIA Council of Presidents voted on and approved expanding the NAIA football playoffs from 16 to 20 teams effective for this season. Under the new format, there will be 13 automatic qualifiers, with 7 more at-large teams picked from the Top 25 teams in the final NAIA Coaches Poll, and the top 12 seeds will receive a bye in the first round.

Conference standings

Postseason

Bracket

Rankings

Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2023, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled games but before its playoff games.

End of season

This list includes coaching changes announced during the season that did not take effect until the end of the season.

References

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