Virginia Tech and Stanford have lived up to expectations so far during Atlantic Coast Conference play. Problem is, neither squad was projected to do much damage against league foes. Both teams will try to reach .500 in conference play when the Hokies visit the Cardinal on Wednesday. This season’s ACC preseason poll stretched out to 18 teams after Stanford, Cal and SMU joined the league. After going the previous six seasons without a winning record in Pac-12 play, the Cardinal were forecast to finish second-to-last in their first ACC campaign. Stanford (9-5, 1-2) started conference play strong under first-year coach Kyle Smith, posting an 89-81 win over former Pac-12 rival Cal in both schools’ first game as members of their new conference. But the Cardinal failed their first two tests against the league’s more seasoned members, falling 85-71 at Clemson last Wednesday before ending up on the wrong end of an 83-68 decision at Pittsburgh on Saturday. “I think there’s a lot of pride…..