There has been a lot of chatter over how Stanford will handle being in the ACC, which comes with a lot of extra travel baked into their schedules across sports. In their first game on the football field on the road,

They won't forget that first conference clash between rivals Stanford and Syracuse. Yes, Stanford and Syracuse are in the same conference, the ACC, thanks to realignment. The Cardinal went into Central New York on Friday and won their first ACC games,

Emmet Kenney’s kicking, including winner as time expired, Elic Ayomanor’s big-time catches help lead Stanford to win in its first ACC game.

Not only did Stanford (2-1) play its first ever ACC game in program history this week against Syracuse (2-1), but it went home with an upset win, beating an Orange team that had started 2024 off on a very high note.