It might not be time to start filling out your March Madness brackets just yet, but it is an exciting week for college basketball fans as the regular season kicks off. What a great time to take a look at who will be rooting on their alma mater…..when they’re not busy running a publicly traded company. (AP Rankings as of 10/21/2019)

#1 Michigan State University

• Craig Menear (President & CEO | Home Depot (Tii:HD))

• Michael Lamach (CEO | Ingersoll Rand (Tii:IR))

• Mark Hawkins (CFO | Salesforce (Tii:CRM))

#2 University of Kentucky

• Charles Sonsteby (Chairman of the Board | Darden Restaurants (Tii:DRI))

• William Rodney McMullen (CEO | Kroger (Tii:KR))

#3 University of Kansas

• Andrew Bryant (Chairman of the Board | Intel (Tii:INTC))

• James Peters (CFO | Whirlpool (Tii:WHR))

#4 Duke University

• Tim Cook (CEO | Apple (Tii:AAPL))

• David Taylor (CEO | Procter & Gamble (Tii:PG))

• Donald Leo Mulligan (CFO | General Mills (Tii:GIS))

#5 University of Louisville

• Gregory Sandfort (CEO | Tractor Supply Company (Tii:TSCO))

#6 University of Florida

• Frank Del Rio (CEO | Norwegian Cruise Line (Tii:NCLH))

#7 University of Maryland

• Sergey Brin (Co-Founder & President | Google (Tii:GOOGL))

• Kevin Plank (Executive Chairman of the Board | Under Armour (Tii:UA))

#15 University of Oregon

• Phil Knight (Co-Founder | Nike (Tii:NKE))

• Ernst Teunissen (CFO | Trip Advisor (Tii:TRIP))

#16 Baylor University

• John Rainey (CFO | PayPal (Tii:PYPL))

# 18 Ohio State University

• Tayfun Tuzun (CFO | Fifth Third Bank (Tii:FITB))

#23 Purdue University

• Samuel Allen (Chairman of the Board | John Deere (Tii:DE))

• Gregory Hayes (CEO | United Technologies (Tii:UTX))

• Patricia Poppe (CEO | CMS Energy (Tii:CMS))

• David Ricks (CEO | Eli Lilly (Tii:LLY))

#24 Virginia Commonwealth University

• William Gifford Jr. (CFO | Altria (Tii:MO))