The 2023 NAIA football national championship was a five-round, twenty team tournament played between November 18 and December 18, 2023.
The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 68th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.
The Northwestern Red Raiders, led by 8th-year head coach Matt McCarty, entered the national championship game as the No.
The Keiser Seahawks, led by 6th-year head coach Doug Socha, entered the national championship game as the No.
The field was then filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions.