2023 Competitive Cheer National Championship Performance Order
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announces the performance order for the 15 teams at the 2023 Competitive Cheer National Championship. The seventh edition of the championship will be played at the George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti, Mich. Action will begin on March 10th with the preliminary round followed by the finals on March 11th.
| Order | School | Qualification Method |
| 1 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | At-Large |
| 2 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | At-Large |
| 3 | Grand View (Iowa) | At-Large |
| 4 | Oklahoma City | At-Large |
| 5 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | At-Large |
| 6 | Tennessee Southern | At-Large |
| 7 | Georgetown (Ky.) | Mid-South Conference |
| 8 | Friends (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| 9 | Concordia (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference |
| 10 | Xavier (La.) | East Grouping |
| 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads League |
| 12 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | Midwest Grouping |
| 13 | Mobile (Ala.) | Southern States Athletic Conference |
| 14 | Midland (Neb.) | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
| 15 | Missouri Valley | Heart of America Athletic Conference |
The field includes nine automatic qualifiers and six at-large bids. The automatic qualifiers are determined by the winners of sevens conference tournaments or regional grouping competitions which were hosted by Xavier (La.) and Langston (Okla.).
Teams at the Competitive Cheer and Dance National Championships will be competing on a level playing field as regular season and qualifier scores are not taken into consideration during the championships. The NAIA is the only athletics association to offer a national championship in this sport.
