DENTON, Texas — Drew Mestemaker threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns, including a 77-yarder to Cameron Dorner, and No. 21 North Texas wrapped up a spot in the American Football Championship presented by LLH Healthcare with a 52-25 victory against Temple on Friday.

North Texas (11-1, 7-1 American) will play either 22nd-ranked Tulane or Navy for the conference title on Friday, December 5 (8 p.m. ET, ABC) and a possible College Football Playoff berth.

Tulane will host the championship game next Friday with a victory over Charlotte on Saturday night. Otherwise, the Mean Green will be at home against Navy. Tulane is No. 24 in the CFP rankings. North Texas is unranked.

The Owls (5-7, 3-5) pulled even at 7-7 on Evan Simon’s fourth-down touchdown pass to Ryder Kusch in the first quarter, but the Mean Green scored TDs on their first five drives. The nation's No. 1 offense in total yards had 366 in the first half on the way to a 35-7 lead.

Freshman Caleb Hawkins, who entered the game leading the nation in total touchdowns, is up to 26 after four rushing TDs against Temple. He had 122 of his 186 yards rushing at halftime.

The nation's leading passer was 20 of 24 and had three TDs without an interception for the second week in a row. Mestemaker has 29 TD passes with just four picks.

North Texas has outscored its two opponents 108-49 since getting in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 66 years. The Mean Green celebrated the end of the poll's longest drought for an FBS school with a 56-24 victory over Rice.

Mestemaker had a 75-yard completion to Wyatt Young to set up Hawkins' fourth score, which put the Mean Green over the 50-point mark for an FBS-leading seventh time this season.

Young had 127 yards receiving a week after setting an American Conference record with 295. Dorner had four catches for 125 yards.