2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference season

The 2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference season is the 17th season of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, branded as CAA Football, taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season began on August 26, 2023 with non-conference play; conference play will begin on September 23, 2023.

While this season is the first for the conference's full name of Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, with the first word having been "Colonial" from 2007 through 2022, the brand name of CAA Football has been used since the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association took over operation of the former Atlantic 10 football conference in 2007.

Background
Campbell and North Carolina A&T joined CAA Football from the Big South Conference. Campbell also joined the multi-sports CAA at that time, while A&T had joined the multi-sports CAA in 2022.

Previous season
The 2022 Colonial Athletic Association co-champions were No. 8 William & Mary with an overall record of 11–2 and an in-conference record of 7–1 alongside No. 13 New Hampshire with a record of 9–4 with an in-conference record of 7–1.

CAA media day
The 2023 CAA media day was held on July 25, 2023. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:


 * CAA Commissioner – Joe D'Antonio
 * Albany – Greg Gattuso (HC) / Reese Poffenbarger (QB) / Larry Walker Jr. (DB)
 * Campbell – Mike Minter (HC) / CJ Tillman (LB) / Hajj-Malik Williams (QB)
 * Delaware – Ryan Carty (HC) / Chase McGowan (DL) / Jourdan Townsend (WR)
 * Elon – Tony Trisciani (HC) / Bo Sanders (DB) / Jabril Williams (OL)
 * Hampton – Robert Prunty (HC) / Romon Copeland (WR) / Qwahsin Townsel (LB)
 * Maine – Jordan Stevens (HC) / Derek Robertson (QB) / Vince Thomas (LB)
 * Monmouth – Kevin Callahan (HC) / Eddie Morales III (DB) / Jaden Shirden (RB)
 * New Hampshire – Rick Santos (HC) / Max Brosmer (QB) / Max Oxendine (S)
 * North Carolina A&T – Vincent Brown (HC) / Cesar Minarro (C) / Karon Prunty (CB)
 * Rhode Island – Jim Fleming (HC) / Kasim Hill (QB) / Evan Stewart (LB)
 * Richmond – Russ Huesman (HC) / Ryan Coll (OL) / Tristan Wheeler (LB)
 * Stony Brook – Chuck Priore (HC) / Taylor Bolesta (LB) / RJ Lamarre (WR)
 * Towson – Pete Shinnick (HC) / Jesus Gibbs (DL) / D’Ago Hunter (RB/PR/KR)
 * Villanova – Mark Ferrante (HC) / Jalen Goodman (DB) / Jaaron Hayek (WR)
 * William & Mary – Mike London (HC) / Nate Lynn (DL) / Bronson Yoder (RB)

Preseason poll
The preseason poll was released on July 25, 2023.


 * First place votes in

Preseason All-CAA teams
2023 Preseason All-CAA


 * Offensive Player of the Year: Jaden Shirden, RB, Monmouth, Jr.
 * Defensive Player of the Year: John Pius, DL, William & Mary, Jr.

Schedule
All times EST time.

Head to head matchups
Updated with the results of all regular season conference games.

CAA vs FBS matchups
The Football Bowl Subdivision comprises eleven conferences and four independent programs.

Home game announced attendance
Bold – exceeded capacity † Season high ‡ Record stadium Attendance

NFL draft
The following list includes all CAA Players who were drafted in the 2024 NFL draft.

Undrafted free agents
The following list includes all CAA Players who went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft but signed following the draft.

Minicamp
The following list includes all CAA Players who went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft but were offered minicamp invites.