It's clear that this year's pool is very strong. I talked with a director. He said for the last few years, the committee might be able to form a shortlist of 15-20, some years 10. This year, they can easily form a list of 25 and they will be very happy if anyone on their very shortlist(10) will accept the offer.
We can only hope that those very strong candidates applied to many universities, so there will be plenty of slots left. Otherwise...