Defending National Champion Oklahoma City has been chosen No. 1 in the 2023 NAIA Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Stars won their 11th NAIA National Championship in 2022 finishing with an impressive 56-4 record.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City [18] | 54-6 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) | 52-4 | 482 |
| 3 | 3 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 53-10 | 464 |
| 4 | 4 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 52-13 | 442 |
| 5 | 5 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 54-6 | 430 |
| 6 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 54-10 | 424 |
| 7 | 7 | Oregon Tech | 50-13 | 410 |
| 8 | 13 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 42-7 | 372 |
| 9 | 9 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 37-9 | 357 |
| 10 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 49-14 | 355 |
| 11 | 8 | Grand View (Iowa) | 46-12 | 334 |
| 12 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 48-11 | 331 |
| 13 | 22 | College of Idaho | 43-17 | 285 |
| 14 | 17 | Georgia Gwinnett | 36-20 | 276 |
| 15 | 15 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 46-13 | 257 |
| 16 | 16 | Columbia (Mo.) | 35-12 | 244 |
| 17 | 19 | Marian (Ind.) | 40-13 | 225 |
| 18 | 20 | Coastal Georgia | 39-14 | 219 |
| 19 | 14 | Eastern Oregon | 43-17 | 218 |
| 20 | 25 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 38-18 | 208 |
| 21 | 23 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 39-15 | 151 |
| 22 | RV | Midland (Neb.) | 38-12 | 131 |
| 23 | 10 | Webber International (Fla.) | 42-24 | 120 |
| 24 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 35-16 | 119 |
| 25 | 21 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 39-8 | 94 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Madonna (Mich.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Others Receiving Votes: Ottawa (Kan.) 79, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 67, Texas A&M Texarkana 64, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 64, Bellevue (Neb.) 56, Cottey (Mo.) 35, Aquinas (Mich.) 31, St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.) 22, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 14, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 10, Vanguard (Calif.) 8, Friends (Kan.) 4, Oklahoma Panhandle State 3, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, Rio Grande (Ohio) 3.