2023 NAIA Bracketology Report
This is an updated bracket from after the games played on Wednesday, January 25th. We will update this each week and while the RPI and SOS ratings are only updated every two weeks, thus, some will be outdated this week, we are able to get some educated guesses on where teams move or slide to after big wins or losses. For the NAIA, the Men’s NAIA National Championship bracket is made up of 38 auto-bids and 26 at-large slots! Below, we will break it down by the Bracket itself, followed by the seed breakdown and then a “Bubble” watch segment to help paint the picture of who is playing for what. We will continue to see teams play themselves in and out of the bracket and, come conference tournament time, we will see some bid-stealers who knock people out of the tournament.
The Bracket
Seeds/Pods
The Field
Auto-Bid Projections
Tournament Champion: Columbia
Regular Season Champion: College of Idaho
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: Eastern Oregon
Regular Season Champion: Indiana Wesleyan
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: Grace
Regular Season Champion: Arizona Christian
Tourney Champ/Runner-Up: Ottawa (AZ)
Regular Season Champion: Oklahoma Wesleyan
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: Kansas Wesleyan
Regular Season Champion: Tx A&M Texarkana
Tourney Champ/Highest ARC: LSU Shreveport
Regular Season Champion: Loyola
Tourney Champ/Runner Up: Faulkner
Regular Season Champion: Union
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: Tennessee Wesleyan
Regular Season Champion: Roosevelt
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: St. Xavier
Tournament Champion: Montana Tech
Regular Season Champion: Jamestown
Tourney Champ/Runner-Up: Morningside
Regular Season Champion: Georgetown
Tourney Champ/Runner-Up Freed-Hardeman
Tourney Champion: Rio Grande
Tourney Runer-Up: IU Kokomo
Tourney Champ: Thomas
Regular Season Champion: Antelope Valley
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: St Katherine
Tournament Champion: Florida College
Tourney Runner-Up: Iowa Wesleyan
Tournament Champion: Tougaloo
Regular Season Champion: William Penn
Tourney Champ/2nd Seed: Evangel
Host Bid: Peru State
Tourney Champ: Mayville State
Regular Season Champion: Langston
Tourney Champ/Runner-Up: UNT Dallas
Regular Season Champion: Indiana Tech
Tourney Champ/Runner-Up: Madonna
At-Large Bids
Firmly In
Crossroads: Marian, Huntington
GSAC: The Master’s
GPAC: Dordt, Northwestern
HEART: MidAmerica Nazarene
KCAC: Southwestern
Mid-South: Thomas More, Shawnee State, TN Southern
The Bubble
In, At Least For Now
Cascade: Warner Pacific, Corban
CCAC: Olivet Nazarene, IU South Bend
Frontier: Providence
GSAC: Menlo, Hope International, Westmont
Mid-South: Pikeville, Cumberlands
SAC: UNT Dallas, Wayland Baptist, USAO
SSAC: Life
WHAC: Lourdes, Rochester
Out, Needs Help
CAC: Washington Adventist
GSAC: Jessup
GPAC: Concordia (NE)
HEART: Baker
RRAC: LSU Alexandria, Xavier
RSC: Point Park
SAC: Oklahoma City
SSAC: Stillman
SUN: Webber International
WHAC: Cornerstone
