 In the early 2000s, the university actively moved to change the nickname as well.A campus poll in 2002 indicated the students favored the "Fighting Squirrels" as a nickname.In May 2006, the NCAA ruled that IUP would be prohibited from hosting postseason championship games and using the Indian nickname in postseason events, a year after the university was placed on a list of 18 schools whose mascots were non-compliant with NCAA policies.