2023 NCAA Division III football season

The 2023 NCAA Division III football season was the component of the 2023 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 2 and ended on November 12. This was the 50th season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.

North Central (IL) were the defending national champions.

The season's playoffs was played between November 19 and December 15, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at the Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia.

Other headlines

 * September 23 – Shenandoah's Haley Van Voorhis became the first woman to play a non-kicking position in NCAA football, coming on as a safety in the first quarter of the Hornets' game against Juniata.
 * October 4 – Anna Maria College announced it was leaving the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and joining the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2025–26 academic year.
 * October 10 – Dean College announced it was leaving the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and joining the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2025–26 academic year.

Bracket
* - Host team

Bowl games
Division III had 13 bowl games, featuring teams that did not qualify for the Division III postseason tournament.

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.